depression and diabetes

i have type 1 diabetes and depression sometimes it gets so bad all i can do is just cry. my husband says im weird one minute im ok then it seems like a ton of bricks fall on me i have tried antidepressents and it is a joke i get mad and want to kill someone is this weird or does anyone else have this

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persevere in your search for an antidepressant just for you. I have been through many and it took a long time but my doc had found the right combo for me. I am glad I didn't give up. I am back to me again and I love it.It is worth it .

T1 (type 1) is an autoimmune disease where your antibodies attack your own beta cells in the pancreas and destroy them to some extent — if not totally — The Beta cells are what produces insulin to manage one's blood glucose (BG).

I have been on the edge of offing myself ever since I had been in my teens.

Yes, Jessika, you're not alone! I have T2 and I have had a lot of emotional disturbances in the past. I have gotten my BG levels down to more of a normal level and I don't have those problems as bad now. I have never gotten so angry that I want to kill, but I have wanted to damage myself.

People react differently to different antidepressants. Have you talked with your doctor about your reactions and/or tried more than one type of antidepressant. The right one, can be very helpful.

Trying several is a very tedious process because it takes 2-4 weeks before you can tell if some of them are having any affect at all. But when you get the right one, it should really help control the "weirds".

Jessika, You might also ask your doc about bipolar disorder. The explosive anger you are talking about isn't usually a part of depression. (Anger is, just not at this intensity.) Bipolar flips you from the pit of depression to the high emotional extremes that you referred to and you said your husband described it as "weirdness".

You may be so concerned (and ligitimately) about the depressive side of this, that the doc may not have the full picture of the opposite extreme. This would lead your doc to look at a whole different array of medications and you may find some help. I hope so, because I can hear this really is uncomfortable for you!!!

Before your next appointment, why don't you and your husband sit down and make a behaviorly specific list of the behaviors that you observe, then share the list with your doctor next time you see him. Carol